Mississippi State, Florida State Top College Football Playoff Rankings

Mississippi State, Florida State, Auburn, Mississippi are the top four teams in the first College Football Playoff rankings.

Associated Press

One division of the Southeastern Conference owns college football—at least for now.

In the first top-25 ranking released Tuesday night by the new College Football Playoff committee, the SEC’s West division had three of the top four teams that would qualify for the playoff if the season ended today: No. 1 Mississippi State, No. 3 Auburn and No. 4 Ole Miss. Florida State, the undefeated defending national champion, was seeded No. 2. Oregon and Alabama were listed at No. 5 and No. 6.